Main area: Rapid Response, Urgent Care Response, Community Physiotherapy, Intermediate Care, Prevention of AdmissionGrade:

Band 6Contract:

PermanentHours:Full timePart timeFlexible working37.5 hours per week (service cover 8am-8pm inclusive weekends)Job ref:

434-CR6446811-ISite:

Thame HospitalTown:

ThameSalary:

£37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rataSalary period:

YearlyClosing:

25/03/2025 23:59Be part of our BHT familyBuckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.We care for over half a million patients every year:Provide specialist spinal services at our world-renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the ParalympicsNations recognized for urology and skin cancer servicesRegional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke, and cardiac servicesDeliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals, and community hubs.More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures, and backgrounds work for us.If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact

bht.recruitment@nhs.net

or phone 01494 734868.We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.Job overview

Our innovative Rapid Response and Intermediate Care service is expanding across Buckinghamshire – and we need you to join our Thame team.Your mission:

To provide expert interventions and rehabilitation as part of a dynamic, tight-knit team that reacts quickly when people are in crisis.Your aim:

To help patients stay in their own home, empowering recovery and preventing unnecessary hospitalisation. You’ll also support early discharge from hospital and patients at the end of life.Your role:

Add your expertise to our multi-disciplinary community team working with Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Specialist Paramedics, Paramedics, Pharmacists, Community Healthcare Assistant Practitioners, or Healthcare Assistants.Who are we?

We’re part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, based in 7 locations across the county, including a North and a South Urgent Community Response Squad. Together we operate as one mission force, collaborating with colleagues across all sectors of health and social care.Who are you?

If you’re committed to excellence, motivated by developing your clinical skills, driven by being at the cutting edge of healthcare delivery, and thrive as part of our Thame team choose #MissionRRIC today.Main duties of the job

MissionRRICProviding triage, comprehensive specialist assessment, review, case management, and evaluation of the needs of patients and carersBeing responsible for planning programmes of care to promote health gain and maximise independence, actively case managing patients through their journeysAllocating appropriate workloads to members of the Rapid Response and Intermediate Care (RRIC) teamWorking with a range of professionals to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner.Demonstrating professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning/co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery. Support the development of clinical pathways.What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes.We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.Why work for us?

We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.What do we stand for?

Our

vision

is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.Our

mission

is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.Our

care values

are collaborate, aspire, respect, and enable.Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment; all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS and TRAINING

Registered Allied Healthcare Professional with HCPC - Physiotherapist or Occupational TherapistDegree/ Diploma in Physiotherapy or Occupational TherapyExperience of recent Continuous Professional Development.Relevant postgraduate clinical training e.g., Elderly, Long Term Conditions, Respiratory Disease, Cardiac Disease, Trauma, Orthopaedics and End of LifeEXPERIENCE

Demonstrate experience post or pre-registration placements in relevant clinical areas for therapists: Care of Elderly, Orthopaedics, Neurology, Respiratory, Palliative Care, Long term conditionsIn-depth experience of working within multi-agency/multi-disciplinary teamsExperience participating in research or audit projects.Experience of working in a community/in-patient setting for a minimum of 2 years post registrationExperience of working with the single assessment process.Experience of electronic clinical systems.Experience of day-to-day staff management e.g., case allocation to Health Care AssistantsSKILLS, ABILITIES and KNOWLEDGE

Demonstrate profession-specific clinical assessment planning delivery and evaluation skills.Ability to motivate staff.Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Ability to manage complex cases.Teaching patients, carers, and colleagues.IT Skills.Report writing skills.Knowledge of the modernisation agenda within the NHS and social care.Ability to develop and maintain partnership working.Knowledge of legal requirements for working with vulnerable adults and those who lack capacity.Special Circumstances

Valid and current driving licence and car to be able to travel to locations throughout Buckinghamshire.PPE requirements:

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations

remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.Application deadline:

This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the closing date.Contacting you:

We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.Application information:

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.Shortlisting:

The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.Travel expenses:

It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.Smoking:

All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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